Property market
The five-year median is £222,000 from 2,069 recorded sales in IP2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Ipswich is £219,070 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.
IP2
UK postcode district
Part of Ipswich
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 888
- Current units
- 717
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 171
Postcode sectors in IP2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,825 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8a, Purplett Street, Ipswich, IP2 8HH | 22 July 2026 | £100,000 |
| 5, Abingdon Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ED | 16 July 2026 | £285,000 |
| 51, Neath Drive, Ipswich, IP2 9TA | 14 July 2026 | £235,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,937
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,350
- Shoplifting 304
- Criminal damage and arson 236
- Anti social behaviour 230
- Other theft 195
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP2 usual residents
- 32,670
- Age-profile population
- 32,462
Age bands in IP2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- 6,413 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- 3,533 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- 9,293 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.3%
- 7,557 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.5%
- 5,666 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 704 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 691 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 656 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY
206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ
ODS code D83056
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,937 published events cover 12 months, averaging 245 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,350 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.